SAIT Trojans. Playbook

Live playbook. Every named set has its slot, its trigger, and a system file to dig deeper. Generator-friendly: keep set names short and consistent so prep weeks can reference them by name.

How to read this file

• Set name. Trigger. Who calls it (PG / coach), when it's called (vs coverage X, time and score Y).
• Personnel. Which 5 we want on the floor.
• First look. Counters. What we're hunting first, what we run if it's taken away.
• System file. Drill-down link.

Half-court offense (named sets)

Zoom (the base, every game)

• Trigger: Default half-court call. Ball into Carter at the top.
• Personnel: Carter / SG / Bennett / Denault Gabriel / Yopa.
• First look: Pin-down + DHO with Yopa screening, Bennett curling. Reads: catch-shoot, reject drive, slip, pull-up.
• Counters: Zoom Flip (vs top-lock), Zoom + High BS (vs drop), Zoom into Spain (vs pack-line), Twist (vs pre-switch).
• System file: systems/offense/purdue-two-big-zoom.md, systems/actions/zoom.md.

Spain (vs drop / pack-line)

• Trigger: "Spain" call when their big is dropping deep on every PnR.
• First look: Side PnR with Yopa screening, Denault Gabriel back-screens the dropping big and pops to the top.
• Reads: Yopa rim, Denault Gabriel pop three, weak-side corner skip.
• System file: systems/actions/spain-pnr.md.

Horns Flare (ATO / second-side reset)

• Trigger: "Horns" call. Used out of timeouts, after dead-ball entries, or when the first zoom is denied.
• First look: Yopa flare-screens for Bennett at the slot, Denault Gabriel sets a high ball-screen for Carter.
• Counters: Reject and attack, slip the flare for Yopa rim run.
• System file: systems/offense/horns.md.

Get (transition into half-court)

• Trigger: Early-clock entry off a numbered break that doesn't get a rim.
• First look: Carter passes ahead to Bennett, sprints into a get-action ball-screen, attacks downhill.
• System file: systems/actions/get-action.md, systems/transition/numbered-break.md.

Chicago (vs switch-everything teams)

• Trigger: "Chicago" call vs aggressive switching defenses (Ambrose, NAIT in some looks).
• First look: Pin-down to DHO with Bennett. Punish their switch with a small-on-Yopa post-up.
• System file: systems/actions/chicago.md, systems/actions/zoom.md.

Hammer (vs help-side rotations)

• Trigger: "Hammer" tag on any side PnR. Late-clock or post-timeout.
• First look: Drive baseline, weakside corner gets a back-screen, kick to the corner three.
• System file: systems/actions/hammer.md.

Princeton High-Post (zone breaker)

• Trigger: "Princeton" call vs 2-3 zone or any extended match-up.
• First look: Denault Gabriel at the high post, hits Yopa duck-in or Bennett on the back-cut.
• System file: systems/offense/princeton.md, systems/concepts/zone-attack.md.

Daley (patient ball-reversal motion)

• Trigger: "Daley" call vs scout-heavy / pack-line opponents, slow possessions, or any time we want to exhaust the defense with ball reversal. Default opener vs Briercrest, NAIT, MHC.
• First look: PG enters the wing, screens away. Reversal triggers the Daley Pivot: strong-side big back-screens, weak-side big flashes to the new ball-side elbow for hi-lo.
• Counters: Echo (DHO into Spain when elbow is denied), Twins (both bigs stagger on a skip), Hammer Flip (back-screener flips to a weakside hammer when defense cheats).
• System file: systems/offense/daley.md.

BLOBs

• Stack — Spain. 4 in a stack at the FT line. Top of stack pops to corner. Yopa back-screens for Denault Gabriel diving, then pops top. First look: Denault Gabriel dunk. Counter: Spain pop three for Denault Gabriel.
• Box — High-Low. 4 in a box. Bigs cross-screen, weak big seals on block. Inbounder hits the high big, who hits the seal for layup.
• Line — Shooter Flare. All 4 on the line. Bennett flare-screens off Yopa, drifts to weak-side corner. First look: corner three.

SLOBs

• Hammer. Yopa screens for Carter at the elbow, Carter attacks baseline, Bennett gets a back-screen from Denault Gabriel for the weak-side corner three.
• Quick. Inbounder ball-screen for Carter coming back to the ball. Catch and attack. Use vs full-court pressure SLOBs.
• Stagger. Two-screen stagger for Bennett coming up the sideline. Catch-and-shoot. Counter: slip on the second screen.

ATOs

• ATO Horns. Out of any TO inside the last 4 minutes: horns flare into Spain. Hunt Denault Gabriel pop three.
• ATO Stack. Down 1 to 3, under 30 seconds. BLOB-style stack at half-court. Bennett comes off two screens for a corner three.
• ATO Get. Up 1 to 3, under 30 seconds with shot clock. Carter into get-action with Yopa. Bleed clock, attack rim, get fouled.

End-of-quarter / 2-for-1

• 2-for-1 trigger: Under 35 seconds left in any quarter. Get a shot up by the 25-second mark (gives us the last possession).
• Set: Carter pushes, no-call zoom to Bennett. If denied, pull-up at 28 seconds.

Late clock

• Down 2, 14 sec, ball at half: Horns Flare. First look Bennett, second look Yopa rim, no settle.
• Down 3, 6 sec, BLOB: Stack Spain into a Denault Gabriel pop three.
• Up 2 or 3, 8 sec, defending: No 3 allowed. Switch everything 30 feet and in. Foul under 5 seconds if up 3 (see systems/special-situations/blob-slob-ato.md).

Press break

• 1-4 alignment. Carter middle, Bennett trail, two perimeter players sideline at the FT line extended. Yopa long inbounder.
• First look: Carter middle catch, sprint the rim. Denault Gabriel as second-line release valve.
• Counter: vs face-guard on Carter, Bennett comes back-screen to free Carter and reverses.

Generator hooks

The scout workflow references these set names verbatim. When adding a new set, also link the system file in systems/ so build_scout.js can wire the install reference automatically.